Snow and ice remover



Aug. 16; 1932. c, HEDBERG 1,872,082

SNOW AND ICE REMOVER Filed July 6, 1931 ImfentEY g fig 1 F8 PatentedAug. 16, 1932 uNITEosTATEs PATENT OFFICE SNOW AND ICE REMOVERApplication filed July 6, 1931. Serial No. 548,835.

sidewalks and the like; the invention havingfor its object the provisionof a device which may be manually operated and which involves removablemeans to adapt the device for the removal of loose or unpacked snow,while, on the other hand, permitting said means to be quickly applied orattached to the main body 1 portion when required; said means beingconstructed to provide a plurality of cutting surfaces formed to cutinto and beneath the packed snow and ice. .7 I

7, One object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which will be inexpensive in manufacture, while at the sametime possessing the necessary strength.

I The objects and advantages of. my invention, as well as the advantagesinherent in the an invention, will all be readily comprehended from thefollowing detailed description of the accompanying. drawing wherein: I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my 1mproved device, with a portion ofthe handle 26 broken away. i I

Figure 2 is a top plan View with portions of the handle broken away. I

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the main body portion of the device,illustrating the initial bending; the diagonal dotted lines showingwhereit is to be bent backward so as to disposethe side portions in theopposite direction. v I

- Figure 4: is a perspective view of said main portion, viewed from therear side.

main body portion 10,which preferably consists of a comparatively thinsheet of metal,

namely a thin gauge and preferably rectangular steel plate of desiredlength.-. The plate 10 is then bent at its transverse center indicatedat11 and the sheet on opposite sides 5 of'the vertical axis or line 11 isthen bent in Figure 5 is a front view of the'intermedithe oppositedirection along the diagonal or upwardly diverging lines indicated at 12l2 to permit the portions intermediate of the central line 11 and thetwo diverging lines 12, 12 to fold into parallel relation and thusprovide the two side shoe portions or wings 13, 13 which sloperearwardly on opposite sides of the vertical median line at any desiredangle. 2 v

Greasing or bending the plate in the manner described provides thedevice with the required slope rearwardly toward the top longitudinaledge and the forward side with a forwardly presented shearing nose orwedge at 14. and positions the lower longitudinal edges 15 of each wingor side section 13, 13, in the same horizontal plane. I

In order that the entire lower longitudinal. edge of the body portionmay be in the same horizontal plane, the lower edge of-the plateintermediate of the central crease or fold 11 and the two diagonal folds12, 12 is cut away in the inverted V-shape mannerindicated at 16 inFigures 3 and 4..

It is apparent that by folding the sheet 76 backupon itself intermediateof the folds or bends 11 and 12,12 provides the body por-. tion with therearwardly extending flange portion 17 to which the lower end of asuitablehandle 18 is preferably removably se-' cured, as for example bythe bolts indicated at 19;the handle 18 being shown as preferablyslotted at its lower end to receivethe' attaching flange portion 17therein, thus permitting the bolts 19 to firmly clamp the u handle tothe shoe or main body portion 10 and atthe desired upwardly rearwardinclination. I

The handle 18 is also braced and rigidly held in place by the downwardlyand rearwardly sloping brace 20. The brace 20 is" shown in the form of aflat metal bar bent around the handle 18 as indicated at 21; the handleencircling portion 21 being firmly clamped about the handle 18 byboltand nut, as indicated at 22. A 1

The brace bar20 has its ends bent into the diverging manner shown inFigures 11 and 2 and the ends in turn riveted or otherwise suitablysecured to the transversely disposed wing brace bar or member 23, whichmay be in the form of an angle bar or of any desired construction, withthe ends of the bar 23 welded, riveted, or otherwise suitably secured tothe respective wing portions 13, 18.

The wings 13, 13 are thus not only firmly supported at their rear endsto withstand rearward flexing pressure, butthehandle 18 is also firmlyheld in place.

The device, as thus described, constitutes a complete snow removeradapted for use in removing loose or unpacked snow; the upwardly andrearwardly sloping sides affording less resistance and causing the snowto be thrown toward opposite sides of the device.

'Wl1en the snow has become more or less packed, due to travel thereover,or-ice has been formed therebeneath, the lower straight edges of'thewing portions 13, 13 of the body would be apt to slide over the packedor trodden portions of the snow by reason of the resistance oiiered bythe packed snow or ice.

In order to adapt the device to conditions of this sort and to provide adevice which will entirely renrove'the packed'as well as the loosesnow'and ice, I provide an auxiliary member or shoe 24 which consists ofa rectangular sheet metal plate bent centrally transversely to conformto the main body portion '10, see

Figure 5.

The lower longitudinal edge of the shoe 24 is bent outwardlyhorizontally and this horizontal portion is then slit or cut atpredetermined distance apart transversely of "the horizontal portion toprovide a plurality of nose ofthe device) to the inner end'of the nextadjacent slit thus providing each tooth or partially severed portionwith the upwardly disposed somewhat triangular portion 26. It isapparentfrom theconstruction shown and described thateach tooth 25 is thusprovided with two cutting edges, namely a lower horizontally cuttingedge at 27, disposed at an angle to the line of travel, and the upwardlyandrearwardly sloping cutting edge at the forward edge of the triangularor diagonally bent portion 26, which edge will bedisposed in a directiongenerally parallel with the forward nose of the device. v

, With my improved cutting shoe attached to the device, it is apparentthat the forward horizontal edge of each tooth 25 will ride along thepavement and the packed snow or ice will be cut into small particles bythe forwardedges of the upwardly bent diagonal portions 26 of the teeth.

. The plurality of small teeth cause the hard packed snow and ice to bequickly severed or broken into small particles without requiring unduepower on the part of the user of the asat 28-, and with the lowertoothed portion preferably arranged beneath the plane of the lower edgeof the body portion, as shown in Fi ures 1 and 2.

I have shown and described this shoe 24 consisting of a single sheetmetal plate, although it may be composed of separate sections or plates,and the preferred eXemplification of the invention has been described interms employed merelyforpurposes of description, as modifications may bemade without, however, departing from the spirit of my invention.

hat I claim is v 1. In a device of the character described, a bodyportion composed of a single piece of sheet metal bent transversely atits vertical center line and diagonally on opposite sidesof sand firstbend, the diagonal bends converging at botton toward saidfirst bend toprovide a rearwardly disposed flange portion, the body portiononoppositesides of the diagonal bends being disposed rearwardlyfrom andat an angle to said flange portion, said body'portio'n incliningrearwa-rdly toward the upper longitudinal edge thereof; a

handle secured to said flange portion; a horizontal'ly arranged bracemember intermediate of the rear ends of the body portion; andabrace'member intermediate of the handle and said first mentioned bracemember.

2. In a device of the character described,-

a body portion composed of a single sheet of metal bent transverselyintermediate of its ends to provide a rearwardly disposed flange portionand the portions on opposite sides of the flange bent rearwardly intowedge-shape and incliningrearwardly toward the top of the body portion;and a handle secured to said flange portion.

3'. In a device of the character described, a body portion composed of asingle piece'of sheet metal bent intermediate of its ends to p ovide arear-we r ly disposed triangu ar shaped flange, theflower edge of saidsheet intermediate of saidbends having an inverted V-shape cut-outportion so as to have the lower edge of the sheet on opposite sides ofsaid flange arranged inthe same hQrizontal plane, said body on oppositesides of the flange diverging'rearwardly and the forward face incliningrearwardly toward the top; anda handle formed to receivesaid flangeportion and secured thereto.

4. A device of the-character described comprising abody portion composedof a single.

piece of sheet metal bent into wedge-shape with its intermediate portionbent back upon itself into a triangular shaped flange to provide ahandle attaching portion; a handle secured to the rear side of the bodyportion 7 and to said triangular flange; and a cutting shoe composed ofsheet metal bent into V-shape to conform to said body portion, the loweredge of the shoe being provided with a plurality of teeth formed withforwardly slopin horizontal cutting edges and with upwar ly andrearwardly sloping cutting edges.

5. In a snow and ice remover, a cutting shoe composed of a single pieceof sheet metal bent into V-shape, the lower longitudinal edge of theshoe being disposed horizontally outward and slit transversely toprovide a plurality of partially severed rectangular portions, eachportion being bent upwardly along a line extending from the forwardoutward corner to the rear inward corner of each portion so as toprovide a plurality of forwardly sloping horizontally disposed cuttingedges and a plurality of upwardly disposed rearwardly sloping cuttingedges.

CHARLES HEDBERG.

